Two step in situ reaction for producing coated paper webs



United States Patent 3,484,271 TWO STEP IN SITU REACTION FOR PRODUCINGCOATED PAPER WEBS Adam F. Kaliski, Trenton, and Robert M. Husband,Milford, N.J.-, assignors to Riegel Paper Corporation, New

York, N.Y., a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Filed June 25, 1965,Ser. No. 467,084

Int. Cl. D21h 1/10, 1/30; C0811 19/00 U.S. Cl. 117-62.1 16 ClaimsABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A two step in situ ionic metathesis reactionfor producing an insoluble complex salt coating on paper and paper-likesubstrates is disclosed, The disclosed coatings have predeterminedfunctional properties such as release characteristics depending on thereactants chosen. The two step reaction involves an ionic interchangebetween the salt of a fatty organic acid preferably having a polyfunctional'anionic component and an organometallic salt preferablyincluding a polyfunctional cationic component.

in creating surfaces which release from some variety of plasticmassescast upon them and which, at the same time, are both hydrophobicand oleophobic. Quilon is a liquid containing about 29-30% of a chromecomplex, about 65-70% of isopropanol and less than about of water. Thechrome complex is considered to be represented by the following formula:

Upon dilution, raising the pH or by mild heating, partial hydrolysistakes place with the formation of a basic complex suggested to be asfollows:

In the usual method of using Quilon for applying release surfaces to agiven substrate, a solution of Quilon is heated to approximately 200 F.either before or after application to the substrate in order to form apoly-condensate of Quilon through a series of -Cr-OCrlinkages believedto be as follows:

nHss l nHas & o 3 O a O-Cr drO-Cr C|r0 O d ($0 0 H l H A permanentcoating results, believed to be held to the 3,484,271 Patented Dec. 16,1969 fee surface of the substrate by covalent chemical bonds with thatsurface.

Since hydrochloric acid is a by-product of the reaction involved, aneutralizer usually must be added to counteract this hydrochloric acidformation, particularly 'when substrates are used (such as paper) whichare likely to be damaged by this by-product. This neutralizer may beadded directly to the Quilon solution before application to thesubstrate.

In accordance with the present invention, an improved method has nowbeen discovered to impart release and other properties to a greatvariety of substrates which is extremely economical and which providesproducts of highly superior characteristics and versatility in use. Thisnovel process is a two-step method which involves the carrying out ofionic reaction of metathesis on the substrate being treated.

It is accordingly a primary object of the present invention to providenovel methods for forming release coatings and the like, as well asarticles produced thereby.

It is another important object of the present invention to provide anovel method for forming surfaces which are oleophobic and/orhydrophobic and which release easily and completely from a variety ofplastic and other masses cast upon them.

It is still another important object of the present invention to providea novel method for forming release coatings involving a two-step processin the course of which a release coating is formed on a given substrateby means of an ionic reaction of metathesis.

It is a further important object to provide a novel method for forming arelease coating on a variety of substrates which can make unnecessarythe usual requirement for neutralization of acid by-products formedduring the course of the formation of the release coating, making thenovel method particularly useful for treating paper and the like.

These and further additional objects and advantages of the presentinvention will become more apparent upon reference to the ensuingdescription and appended claims.

The novel process of the present invention involves a two-step processwhich may best be illustrated in connection with the formation of arelease coating on a travelling web of paper. In a first step of theprocess, the paper web is coated with a first liquid material in thecourse of its travel. After the free film of the first coating has disappeared from the surface of the paper web, a second coating of a secondliquid material is coated upon the first coating and, subsequently, thepaper web is dried in a conventional manner. In a typical practicalapplication of the invention, for on-machine coating of a paper web, thefirst and second coatings may be applied at coating presses interposedin the dryer section of the paper machine. In such a case, theretypically would be at least some drying of the web between applicationof the first and second coatings.

The significant advantages of the present invention are obtained by soselecting the components of the first and second liquid materials thatthe dominant reaction which takes place between such components upon theapplication of such materials to the paper web is an ionic reaction ofmetathesis (in contradistinction to the poly-condensation processinvolved in the conventional application of Quilon and the like to paperwebs and other substrates). In order to effect this ionic reaction ofmetathesis, one of said liquid materials must contain a compound havingan active anionic component which contains at least one (andadvantageously more) functional group which can be substituted by theactive cationic component of a compound contained by the other of saidliquid materials in said ionic reaction of metathesis. The compound inthe other of said liquid materials must have an active cationiccomponent which contains at least one (and advantageously more)functional group which can be substituted onto the active anioniccomponent of the compound in the first liquid material in said ionicreaction of metathesis. In addition, the first and second liquidmaterials must be so selected and used in quantities such that thedominant reaction between them will be said ionic reaction of metathesisrather than a competing reaction such as poly-condensation. The reactionmaterials advantageously are highly surface active and are sufficientlyaffinitive with one another to permit their respective active anionicand cationic components to react in said ionic reaction of metathesis.

In order to achieve coatings having superior release characteristics, itappears to be necessary in most cases that the principal reactionmaterials be polyfunctional; that is, each should have two oradvantageously more functional groups which can be substituted by theanionic or cationic (as the case may be) components of the otherreaction material. Optimum release properties are achieved when onepolyfunctional material is reacted with another, in the manner of theinvention. Other advantageous surface characteristics may be realizedthrough the reaction of two monofunctional materials, as well as throughthe reaction of a monofunctional material with a polyfunctionalmaterial.

As will be apparent to those skilled in the art, a great number ofdifferent materials may be utilized to obtain the outstanding results ofthe present invention within the forgoing set of guides and limitations.Particularly outstanding release characteristics are obtained using asthe source of the active anionic component a water-soluble salt of alarge alkyl or alkyl aryl organic acid, an aqueous solution being themost desirable vehicle for such liquid material. Best results areobtained through the use of salts of dior poly-basic acids (thoughmonobasic acid salts of large aliphatic molecules may also be employedin appropriate cases). Results satisfactory to some uses have beenobtained using a Water-soluble salt of a dialkyl carboxylic ester ofsulphosuccinic acid sold under the tradename of Aerosol OT. (Thisparticular material is the dioctyl ester of the named acid.) Excellentresults for demanding release applications have also been obtainedutilizing a Water-soluble salt of an N-(l,2-dicarboxyethyl) -N-alkylsulphosuccinamate, one such material being sold under the trade nameAerosol 2 2 (this particular material being the tetrasodium salt, withthe alkyl constituent being octadecyl). Particularly advantageousresults are realized when the reaction materials are highly surfaceactive.

Salts of the organic acids are highly preferred in the practice of thepresent invention since the actions of the reacting acid functions willcombine with the anions of the active cationic component in the secondliquid material, thereby obviating the need for any neutralizer to beadded, at least when the respective materials utilized in the first andsecond liquid coating materials are used in the proper stoichiometricquantities. If neutralization is not a problem, however, the free acidsmay sometimes be used. But regardless of which type of material is used,acid or salt, the material should be soluble in the vehicle (e.g.,water) which carries it.

Particularly excellent results have been obtained utilizing a firstliquid coating material Whose active compound has a molecular weight ofat least about 130 and which is monomeric.

-Excellent results have been obtained using as a source of the activecationic component a salt of an organic acid, although cationic organicbases are also useful. In a particularly desirable embodiment, anorganometallic salt is utilized. Since, as previously stated, the firstand second liquid materials must be sufficiently afilnitive (i.e.,compatible for the purpose intended) with one another to permit theirrespective active anionic and cationic components to react in said ionicreaction of metathesis, the

vehicle for the compound containing the active cationic component mustpossess this necessary characteristic. In those cases where the liquidmaterial containing the active anionic component is aqueous, the vehiclefor the other of the liquid materials (that containing the activecationic component) must at the very least be miscible with said aqueoussolution.

Highly advantageous results have been obtained using as the secondliquid material the material previously referred to as Quilon, which isa chrome complex in an alcohol-water vehicle. Still other organic saltswill suggest themselves to those skilled in the art for the liquidmaterial containing the active cationic component such, for example, asa material sold by the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Company underthe trademark PC-805, which is a chromium complex of a short chainhydrocarbon acid which has been highly fluorinated. Another material forthis purpose is one sold by the Sun Chemical Company under the trademarkImpregnol FH, which is a zirconium stearate-acetate. This material issold as an aqueous emulsion which is stated to be and behaves as adispersion of cationic material. Other materials utilized as the secondliquid material include a variety of quaternary ammonium halides.Illustrative of these materials are the following compositions: Hyamine1622, a diisobutylphenoxyethoxy-ethyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride,manufactured by Rohm and Haas; Ammonyx 2194, a ditallowdimethyl ammoniummethyl sulphate, manufactured by Onyx Chemical: Arquad 18-50, ArquadL-ll, and Arquad L15, n-alkyltrimethyl ammonium chlorides, manufacturedby Armour Industrial Chemical Co.; Ethoquad C/ 12, a polyethoxylatedquaternary ammonium salt, manufactured by Armour Industrial ChemicalCo.; Dow QX 2611.7, a vinylbenzyl quaternary ammonium compound,manufactured by 'Dow Chemical Company and indicated to be the subjectmatter of US. Patent No. 3,011,918; Hyamine 10- adiisobutylcresoxy-ethoxyethyldimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride,manufactured by Rohm and Haas; Hyamine 2389, amethyldodecylbenzyl-trimethyl ammonium chloride-methyldodecylxylenebis[trimethyl ammonium chloride] compound manufactured by Rohm and Haas;and Hyamine 3500, an n-alkyl [C-12, C14, C-l6], n-alkyl dimethyl benzylammonium chloride, manufactured by Rohm and Haas.

Particularly excellent release coatings have been obtained utilizing aliquid coating material containing the active cationic component whoseactive compound has a molecular weight of at least about 400 and whichis monomeric. For other tailored functional surface coatings, lowermolecular weights, down to about 250, may be suitable. In other words,when reacting polyfunctional materials to achieve superior releaseproperties, the molecular weights of the polyfunctional materials shouldbe around 400 or greater. Monofunctional reacting materials, forachieving other surface properties, may have lower weights, but notsignificantly less than 250.

A particularly simple and straightforward test which may be employed bythose skilled in the art to determine compounds which will be effectivein the practice of the present invention as the active components of thefirst and second liquid materials involves the mixture of a proposedmaterial containing an active cationic component with one having anactive anionic component. Unless an instant clouding or flocculation ofreaction product occurs on blending solutions of these materials even atconcentrations of the active materials not exceeding 0.5% by weight ofthe total solution, the materials probably are not usable in the processof the present invention.

The high reaction speed demonstrated by materials satisfying theforegoing test is believed to be extremely significant insofar as thepractice of the present invention is concerned, since it makes possiblethe production of uniform surface coatings on extremely fast-movingsubstrata. At the same time, it avoids an excessive desorption orleaching out of a previously deposited and adsorbed first reactivecompound by the solution of the second liquid material duringovercoating. Such leaching could give rise to a less favorablearrangement of the molecules" in a surface layer or even reduce theadhesion between the resultant coating and the substrata. In a drasticcase, an undesirable, granular precipitation of the reaction products onthe top of the coated surface may even occur. Thus, the reactionmaterials and conditions should be so chosen as to favor the rate ofionic reaction over the rate of desorption.

' In thepractice of the process of the present invention,'the liquidcoating material containing the anionic component may be applied first,followed by treatment with the liquid coating material containing theactive cationic component. In some cases this procedure may be reversed,if desired. It should be noted, however, that most desirable results areobtained when the liquid coating material containing the'active anioniccomponent is applied'first! For'iexample, in the situation where anabhesive material such as Quilon is used as the active cationiccomponent-containing material, the abhesive solution should be appliedas the second coat. Application of Quilon, for example,-in the firststage may reduce the efiiciency of the reaction, because the abhesivecharacter of the Quilon would make it diflicult to apply or spread thesecond material uniformly to the web surface, so that the reactionmaterials could not uniformly be brought into reacting association.

The active components of the two treating materials reactinstantaneously in an ionic reaction of metathesis in accordance withthe process of the present invention to form an insoluble precipitate inthe form of a large molecule complex salt in the form of a monomericorganic salt or a polymer organic salt, said large molecule complex salthaving a molecular weight of at least about 500. Furthermore, as haspreviously been stated, where organic salts are employed in the process,the cations of the reacting acid functions will combine with the anionsassociated with the active cationic component, thereby obviating theneed for adding a neutralizer when the re spective active materials areproportioned according to the proper stoichiometry. This reaction may bereadily illustrated by considering the treatment of a moving paper webhaving the application of a first coating containing a water-solublesalt of an organic acid and a second coating containing Quilon. Thereaction which takes place between the active components is thoughtlikely to be as follows:

As will be noted, in addition to the reaction between the activecationic component of the Quilon and the active anionic component of thesalt in the other liquid material, the sodium cations of the reactingacid functions have combined with the chloride gegenions of the Quilon,thus obviating the need for a neutralizer.

The quantities of each of the active components necessary to obtain thedesired results will necessarily vary, depending upon the particularmaterials employed. For example, the divalent Quilon cation can reactwith one or two molecules of the salt of a dialkyl ester ofsulphosuccinic acid and will react with two extensively only if theproduct of the reaction with one molecule is sufficiently soluble in theenvironmental fluid during the very brief interval when there is a fluidmedium on the surface of the substrate after the Quilon solution hasbeen applied and before the water and alcohol of the Quilon migrate intothe paper sheet. In all other cases there is a possibility of repeatedreaction between the active components until an insoluble saltprecipitates from solution or is left deposited on the surface. Thevalue of n in the foregoing equation will necessarily vary, therefore,depending on the reactants employed and various other reactionvariables. Of course, if the generalized organic entity R should be alarge hydrocarbon or the like entity, it might be limited to 1 or thereaction might be further limited to one or two molecules of Quilon withone molecule of acid.

If the anionic component is chosen to be a material such asethylenediaminetetraor pentaaccetate or other tetra-basic or poly-basicacid or acid salt of appropriate structure, it is also possible that theprecipitate, using the appropriate multivalent metallo-organic cationiccom ponents, could be a more complex crhelate salt rather than a simpleoligo or polymer salt.

Another type of polymer salt may be formed if the salt of an appropriatepolymer acid is included in the first treatment with the active anioniccomponent-containing material. For example, the use of such material incombination with Quilon used as the second treating solution wouldcreate salt appendages or cross-linked salt structure between chains atmany of the anionic sites, as follows:

l'l l" of at at at or fiiib gi e c1 c1 or c1 01 I l I l I I i l Cr ss-link l l T" i i ed Since such a structure may be desired, it: is withinthe contemplation of the present invention to include a polymer acid orsalt of such polymer acid alone or in admixture with the active anioniccomponent-containing coating material in the first coating step. Forexample, the first coating material can advantageously containapproximately 11 /2% by Weight of the material previously identified asAerosol 22 and approximately 2-5% of the sodium salt of carboxymethylcellulose, the latter being a salt of a type of polymer acid. The saltof carboxymethyl cellulose helps to hold-out the more expensive Aerosol22 so that solutions of approximately 1% strength (rather than 3%strength without such hold-out properties) may be used.

In a typical example in accordance with the present invention, arelatively coarse and uncalendered moving paper web is coated in a firsttreatment with a mixture of Aerosol 22 and the sodium salt ofcarboxymethyl cellulose in the proportions above indicated, thesematerials being in a water solution. As the paper web moves along andafter any free film which may have been formed on its surface hasdisappeared, a water solution containing about 7% by weight of Quilon isapplied over the first coating. An ionic reaction of metathesisimmediately takes place, without the necessity for any heating, to forma high release coating on the paper web which is distinctly superior tothose obtained by conventional procedures. The thus treated paper web isthen dried in a conventional manner.

As previously stated, the manufacturers instructions for using Quilonfor imparting release characteristics to a given substrate require thatthe Quilon solution be heated so as to form a poly-condensed product. Inaccordance with the practice of the present invention, there is no needto heat the Quilon solution before use and, on the contrary, it would begenerally undesirable and uneconomical to do so, although notnecessarily harmful. Furthermore, there is no need to heat the treatedsurface after the application of the Quilon for purposes of causing thedesired reaction, though it is ordinarily desirable to dry the treatedpaper web in a conventional manner. Consequently, the temperature-timerelationship of drying is fully independent of any chemical reaction andits associated conditions.

As a result of the present invention, surfaces can be applied to paperand other substrata to make them (1) highly resistant to the movement orcrawling of greases and oils, (2) water-repellant though permeable toair and other gases, and (3) oil-repellant and abhesive to a variety ofplastic masses. For example, such surfaces will release phenol-aldehyderesins pressed and set upon them at 300 F. and 1000 psi. They will alsorelease from vinyl resins cast upon them as liquids and cured rapidly to400 F. Still further, these surfaces are abhesive to many resins castand heated to foam upon them. Indeed, the process of the presentinvention makes possible the tailoring of coatings for specific purposesin innumerable areas, e.g., in the production of:

(a) abhesive paper coatings for backup layers or casting of plasticproducts;

(b) adhesion primers;

(c) solvent hold-out coatings;

(d) anti-crawl papers;

(e) water-repelling coatings;

(f) container-lining papers for oils and chemicals;

(g) low-background papers for electrostatic printing;

(h) thermally resistant paper coatings;

(i) leather finishes;

(j) chemically resistant plywood;

(k) breathing encapsulation of powders or pellets; and

the like.

In tailoring such coatings for specific purposes, one can producecoatings which are primarily of a breathing type; i.e., they arepermeable to gases and vapors to a degree which should not difiersubstantially from that characteristic for corresponding uncoatedsurfaces. Alternatively, if functional coatings with barrier propertiesare desired, nonionic or compatible ionic polymers can be used in thefirst coating or any of the subsequent ones (such polymer should, ofcourse, be soluble in the vehicle carrying it).

In the process of the invention the principal reactants, which areincompatible for the purposes intended when present simultaneously inthe same aqueous solution, are deposited separately on a selectedsurface under conditions which enable the reactants to combine in anionic reaction of metathesis. This leads to the formation of a surfacecoating having predetermined characteristics due to the formation oflarge organic salts (sometimes poly salts) of substantial molecularweight, which are hydrophobic and often also oleophobic. One of the moresignificant of these obtainable characteristics is a superior releaseproperty, obtainable by reacting polyfunctional materials, such asAerosol 22 and Quilon.

The invention may be embodied in other specific forms without departingfrom the spirit or essential characteristics thereof. The presentembodiments are, therefore, to be considered in all respects asillustrative and not restrictive.

We claim:

1. A coated substrate comprising (a) a paper-like base web, and

(b) a water insoluble complex salt coating on a surface of said baseweb,

(c) said coating being the reaction product of a predominantly ionicreaction of metathesis beween a first reactant having an anioniccomponent and a second reactant having a cationic component,

(d) said first reactant being chosen from the group consisting of thedialkyl carboxylic esters of sulphosuccinic acid and the salts ofN-(l,2-dicarboxyethyl)-N-alkyl sulphosuccinamate,

(e) said second reactant being chosen from the group consisting of longchain alkyl chromic chloride complexes, short chain highly fluorinatedhydrocarbon acid chromium complexes zirconium stearate-acetates andquaternary ammonium halides.

2. The coated substrate of claim 1, wherein said second reactant is aquaternary ammonium halide chosen from the group consisting ofdiisobutyl-phenoxy-ethyoxy-ethyldimethyl-benzyl ammonium chloride,ditallowdimethyl ammonium methyl sulphate, n-alkyltrimethyl ammoniumchlorides, polyethyoxylated quaternary ammonium salt, vinylbenzylquaternary ammonium compounds,diisobutylcresoxyethyoxethyl-dimethylbenzyl ammonium chloride,methyldodecylbenzyltrimethyl ammonium chloride methyldodecylxylene bis[trimethyl ammonium chloride] compounds, n-alkyl [C-l2, C-14, C-16],nalkyl dimethyl benzyl ammonium chloride.

3. The coated substrate of claim 1, wherein said second reactant issterato chromic chloride.

4. The coated substrate of claim 1, wherein said first reactant is thedioctyl carboxylic ester of sulphosuccinic acid.

5. The coated substrate of claim 1, wherein said second reactant iszirconium stearate-acetate.

6. The coated substrate of claim 3, wherein said first reactant is thetetrasodium salt of N-(1,2-

dicarboxyethyl)-N-octadecyl sulphosuccinamate.

7. A coated substrate comprising (a) a paper-like based web, and

(b) a water insoluble complex salt coating on a surface of said baseweb,

(c) said coating being the reaction product of a predominantly ionicreaction of metathesis between a salt of a large alkyl or alkyl arylorganic acid having a polyfunctional anionic component and anorganometallic salt including a polyfunctional cationic component,

(d) said organometallic salt being chosen from the group consisting ofalkyl chromic halide complexes.

8. The coated substrate of claim 7 wherein said organometallic salt is along chain alkyl chromic chloride complex.

9. A coated substrate comprising (a) a paper-like base web,

(b) a water insoluble complex salt coating on a surface of said baseweb,

(c) said coating being the reaction product of a predominantly ionicreaction of metathesis between a first reactant having an anioniccomponent and a second reactant having a cationic component,

((1) said first reactant being chosen from the group consisting of thesalts of large alkyl or alkyl aryl organic acids having a polyfunctionalanionic component,

(e) said second reactant being chosen from the group consisting of longchain alkyl chromic chloride complexes, short chain highly fluorinatedhydrocarbon acid chromium complexes and zirconium stearateacetate.

10. The coated substrate of claim 9, wherein said first reactant ischosen from the group consisting of salts ofN-(1,2-dicarboxyethyl)-N-alkyl sulphosuccinamate.

11. The coated substrate of claim 9, wherein said second reactant issterato chromic chloride.

12. The coated substrate of claim 10 wherein (a) said first reactantbeing the tetrasodium salt, with the alkyl contituent being octadecyl,and

(b) said second reactant being sterator chromic chlo- References Citedride.

13. A method for coating paper and paper-like sub- UNITED STATES PATENTSstrates to improve their release characteristics, comprising 1,536,2541925 White 117-62 (a) applying an aqueous solution including a poly- 51,7 7,483 6/1929 White 8-116 functional cationic reactant chosen fromthe group 1,990,292 2/ 1935 Leatherman 91-68 consisting of long chainalkyl chromic chloride corn- 2,273,040 2/ 1942 Iler 117100 plexes, shortchain highly fluorinated hydrocarbon 2,356,161 8/1944 Il 117.421 acidchromium complexes, zirconium stcarateace 2,726 1 4 12 1955 Eichmeier 75 X tate and quaternary ammonium halides, to a surface 2 3 4 2 12/1958Pluck et of mi FHbStIatE, 2,934,450 4/1960 Brown 117454 X (b) applyingan aqueous solution including a poly- 3083,11,; 3/1963 Bridgeford Xfunctional anionic reactant to said surface of the 3138477 6/1964Torstenson 117 15 4 X substrate,

(c) said cationic and anionic reactants reacting on lsgaden et X saidsurface in an ionic reaction of metathesis to pencer X form a waterinsoluble complex salt coating, having 33% 8/1967 Spencer X a molecularWeight greater than 250, and 31027370 3/1962 Cotton et a1 (d) drying thecoated substrate subsequent to said 3,136,663 6/1964 McDonald X ionicreaction f metathesis 2,999,768 9/1961 Boresch 117-152 X 14. The methodof claim 13 wherein (a) the aqueous solution of said polyfunctional an-OTHER REFERENCES ionic reactant is first applied t0 said Substrate, andIler, R. K., Sterato Chromic Chloride, Industrial and (b) the aqueoussolution of said polyfunctional cationic Ch 1 46 NO 4 76646 reactant isapplied to said substrate after any sub- Engl 66 mg emls pp stantlalfree film of the first aqueous solution has WILLIAM D. M ARTIN, PrimaryExaminer disappeared. 15 e method of Clalm Whereln M. R. LUSIGNAN,Assistant Examiner said anionic reactant is chosen from the groupconsisting of the dialkyl carboxylic esters of sulphosuc- CL cinic acidand the salts of an N-(l,2-dicarboxy- 154 1 ethyl)-N-alkylsulphosuccinamate. 57 16. The method of claim 13, wherein said cationicreactant is sterato chromic chloride.

" UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE (569 CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION Patent No.3,48#,27l Dated December 16, 1969 Inventofle) Adam 1'. Kaliski andRobert M. Husband It is certified that error appears in theabove-identified patent and that said Letters Patent are herebycorrected as shown below:

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